Augmented reality is a technology futurists and scifi authors like Vernor Vinge have been talking about for decades. Now the tech has matured and is entering the market. Two videos of new products show you the near future. In a nutshell, what augmented reality does is provide you with an information...

Technology, for the most part, exists to make life easier. By that definition, we’ve got it pretty good thanks to the hard work of our fellow humans. In weighing the world’s most important technologies, we ruled out the nitty gritty that led to some of the creations below — transistors, electricity...

I surround myself with technology the same way that some people surround themselves with friends. And just as we might have that one friend who, without even trying, can be somewhat irritating, certain technology I encounter every day can have that very same effect. In some cases, I can even grow to...